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MICHAEL DENNIS CONNOLLY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1946 – May 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Dennis Connolly, of Woodside, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 37
- GEORGE THOMAS CONDREY IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 8, 1968
- LLOYD ALFORD CONEPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ENNIS COOPERSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JOHN ALDEN COUNTAWAY JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM BEZECNYSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 35
- DEN JUNIOR HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID B RODMANCaptain · Panel 57E, Line 9
- LLOYD EUGENE TRIBBETTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 11
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.